Good question and i guess my answer is two fold1 It depends on the price. At the moment they are a good price but it wouldnt suprise me them getting over £500 and maybe £700 with wind behind them. You never know with ebay2 More importantly it depends on how fussy you are. There is a fair bit of damage but maybe linked with point above it may bring price down.

If it was me would wait and get a better copy of each at a more leisurely pace.

George,Allen & Unwin 1977 - True 1st Printing - Export Edition,no price on DJ as issued,printed by William Clowes with all relevant 1st issue points,white topped as opposed to the blue which was an after thought which is borne out by the fact that the 1st domestic editions had the blue top also,this is more rare

I think you are right and since i last looked at the auction it was 210, now its 365 so its too expensive for me (I'm a student).

My dream/goal is to have first editions of both The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, i also feel like they should be in near fine/fine condition or as good as possible basically. Though i realise this will mean spending alot of money!